Teen sought in Brockton shooting still at large

Tuesday

Jul 1, 2014 at 12:24 AMJul 1, 2014 at 12:26 AM

By Maria Papadopouos and Joseph MarkmanEnterprise staff writers

BROCKTON – Brockton police remained on the lookout Monday for a teenager they said is wanted for questioning in a Sunday afternoon shooting.Police are looking for 18-year-old Joshua Vega, of Brockton, who is described as an Hispanic male with brown eyes and brown hair. He is 5 feet 6 inches tall and 130 pounds.

The victim, a 21-year-old man from Taunton, was recovering Monday, Bonanca said.

Gunfire rang out shortly before 4:30 p.m. Sunday on Hill Street, a short, dead end road off Crescent Street on the city’s east side.

The nonfatal shooting prompted quick reaction from a 67-year-old Vietnam veteran who lives on the street.

Joseph Arseneau was having a cigarette inside his home when the shots rang out. He ran outside and saw the victim bleeding on the driver’s side of a gray Jaguar.

His soldier instincts kicked in and he rushed to help.

“I had all kinds of medical stuff and I put it on his leg,” Arseneau said. “I brought big bandages, and I put it around his leg and I tied it. The leg was the one that was bleeding.”

The shooter fled on foot, according to police.

Police executed a search warrant at Vega’s 72 Stillman Ave. address Sunday night, Bonanca said. Officers found a full box of ammunition but no gun. Vega was not at the home.